Eric Morecambe: 10 jokes and one-liners

“My neighbour asked if he could use my lawnmower and I told him of course he could, so long as he didn't take it out of my garden”

John Eric Bartholomew OBE (May 14, 1926-May 28, 1984) took the stage name Eric Morecambe, after the Lancashire town in which he was born. Above, in 1962 with double-act partner Ernie Wise, with whom he had a long and successful stage and television career. Morecambe's children's novels, including a book called The Reluctant Vampire illustrated by Tony Ross, was republished in December 2013.